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Political Science Minor Requirements
24 total credits
At least 9 credits from courses numbered 300 or above.
Political Science Core required courses (6 credits required):
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
POLS 100
Introduction to Political Science
3
OR
FYS 101
First-Year Seminar-
Humanities/History- Genocide
3
OR
FYS 114
First-Year Seminar- Social
Sciences (NW)- Reacting to the
Past
3
POLS 302
Research in Political Science
3
Introductory Courses (6 credits required):
Course
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
POLS 101
3
POLS 150
3
POLS 175
3
POLS 262 Introduction to Political Thought
3
POLS 330 U.S. State and Local Government
3
Contemporary Issues (3 credits required):
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
SOCI 201 Global Social Problems
3
POLS 260
Contemporary Issues in American
Politics
3
POLS 265 Contemporary Political Thought
3
Advanced Political Science Electives (9 credits required):
Students must take at least one course from each category:
American Politics:
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
POLS 374
Women and Politics
3
POLS 397
American Conservative
Thought
3
POLS 420
Biotechnology Policy and
Ethics
3
POLS 465
Congress and the Presidency
3
POLS 485
Internship
2-10
Political Science Minor
Academic Plan of Study
2019-2021 Catalog
Peace Studies:
Course
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
POLS 264
3
OR
POLS 266
3
POLS 301
0-6
POLS 352
3
POLS 353
3
POLS 345
3
POLS 372
3
Political Theory:
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
POLS 376
Theories of Human Rights
3
PHIL 340
Enlightenment, Freedom, and
Alienation
3
POLS 381
Theories of Justice
3
POLS 397
American Conservative Thought
3
POLS 456
Feminist Theory and Action
3
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